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Ophthalmoscope

/ɒfˈθæl.mə.skəʊp/
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  1. 1

    An instrument with a light and mirror system used for examining the interior structures of the eye, especially the retina.

    "The optometrist used an ophthalmoscope to examine the back of the patient's eye."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin ophthalmoscopium, combining the Greek ophthalmos meaning 'eye' and skopein meaning 'to look at' or 'to examine'. It entered medical nomenclature in the mid-19th century following the invention of the instrument by Hermann von Helmholtz in 1850.

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